SIS has joined UOK Brighton & Hove which relaunched under a new contract in October 2025. UOK is a partnership of local charities, community groups, and experts working together to strengthen mental health and wellbeing support for adults across the city. The strengthened partnership, funded by NHS Sussex and Brighton & Hove City Council, is…
Under the NHS Sussex Inclusion Health Grants Programme, Sussex Interpreting Services (SIS) has launched a series of impactful training initiatives, aimed at improving access to services for Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Migrants (RAM). The project is a collaboration between the SIS Learning and Development Team and the Projects Team, focusing on helping Service Providers gain…
We are very proud to publish our 2024-2025 Annual Review In the latest 16 page review we share the news that, this year, we were awarded 17 areas of Compliance Plus by the Customer Service Excellence Assessor. This is an outstanding achievement, placing us in the highest 5% of assessed organisations and this makes SIS…
In September, a Sussex Interpreting Services (SIS) linguist invited a small group of older (50 years +) Arabic speaking Service Users (SUs) to attend a ‘Souk’ style event with stalls and activities to celebrate health, wellbeing, and culture. Bridging Change organised the event, as part of their Ageing Well partnership work in response to needs…
Earlier this year, the Community Voices Group (CVG) started a series of discussions around the issue of racism in schools. Building on that, a workshop for parents and carers of children or young people from minoritised groups who have experienced racism at school was held in June. The workshop was led by Bridging Change alongside…
Sussex Interpreting Services (SIS) has undertaken two pieces of research, with Service Users and NHS departments, into why patients who require support with communicating in English miss some of their NHS appointments, and how that could be reduced. The first piece focussed on gathering insight from SIS Service Users who had missed NHS appointments. The…
SIS has gathered insight into pharmacy services in Brighton and Hove for people with language needs. This work was funded by the NHS Sussex Health Inequalities Grant. Background: As part of the national research conducted by Healthwatch Pharmacies: What People Want project, SIS supported Brighton & Hove Healthwatch to identify and interview a refugee or…
We held our annual Summer Celebration on Wednesday, 16th July, welcoming Linguists, Volunteers, Staff, and Trustees to the Friends Meeting House in Brighton for the second consecutive year. The event brought together 30 attendees who enjoyed food, conversation, and the chance to reconnect in person. “I feel really happy to be part of the event.…
On Saturday, 19th July, tens of thousands gathered in Brighton to celebrate Trans Pride — a powerful, joyful affirmation of identity, resilience, and community. Despite torrential rain at the start of the day, the skies soon cleared and the sun shone, reflecting the spirit and energy of the event. Sussex Interpreting Services (SIS) were proud…
Community Base recently invited organisations in the building to participate in a meeting with 30 Housing Officers from Brighton and Hove City Council’s Housing team. Community Base invited participants to share information about their services to meet the Housing team’s aim: ‘to work together to improve residents’ lives’. SIS Projects Coordinator Ben Williams…
